The Commonwealth Court has once again held that a claimant’s social media posts can be considered when determining eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits.
In Gumpher v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, a referee determined claimant Joseph Gumpher III was ineligible for benefits under Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law because he wrote in a Facebook post that he “chose not to” work and that it was “time to relax for a while.”
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